Monday, June 29, 2009

JBS Swift Beef Co. expands beef recall over possible E. coli contamination

JBS Swift Beef Co. of Greeley, Colo., is voluntarily expanding its beef recall to include about 380,000 pounds of products because of possible E. coli contamination. A recall earlier this week involved about 41,000 pounds of products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Sunday that all the beef products in the expanded recall were produced April 21 and are in boxes bearing "EST. 969," a package date of "042109" and a time stamp ranging from "0618" to "1130." The USDA says an investigation by its Food Safety and Inspection Service of 24 illnesses in multiple states prompted the company to re-examine its food safety system. The department says 18 of the illnesses appear to have the same cause, and the company is conducting the recall "out of an abundance of caution."...AP

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

if they were really doing this because they cared, they would post the stores they have sold to. by the time anyone figures this out without the full information it will be to late for the consumer and will already have passed enough for the meat co. to lose less than they have to. They are just covering their ass for legal reasons.